Limelight (4 Part) · Rush

157 bars of 3/4 -- not four -- at 135 BPM, 4:08 of playing on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

RockProgressive120 to 149 BPMShuffle / triplet
TEMPO
135 BPM
TIME
3/4
BARS
157
LENGTH
4:08
DIFFICULTY
71/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 14% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 34, 43-45 and 47-49, and 5 more places -- 13.8% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 135 BPM
LIMELIGHT (4 PART) · BAR 43
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

19 fills to learn, played 48 times: bars 6, 7, 15, 18, 19, 21 and 42 more.

LOOP · 135 BPM
BARS 6-7 · LANDS ON BAR 8 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 135 BPM
BAR 15 · LANDS ON BAR 16
LOOP · 135 BPM
BARS 18-19 · LANDS ON BAR 20 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 135 BPM
BAR 21 · LANDS ON BAR 22 · PLAYED 3 TIMES

15 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

157 bars across 15 sections: 77 keep time, 48 are fills, 12 are stops and 5 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 85-92.

PART E
PART L
CHORUS
PART D
PART L
CHORUS 2
PART AM
PART AU
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
11 groovesRLAMBDAU+6Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Limelight (4 Part)?

135 BPM, in 3/4, with the time kept in thirty-second notes. The room plays it at any tempo from a quarter of that up to the written one, against the record where the record can follow.

Is Limelight (4 Part) hard to play on drums?

71 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 56 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

157 bars, about 4:08 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 63 exercises over 20 sittings, about 25 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot. That is most of a full kit; the part moves around it rather than sitting in one place.

How many fills are in Limelight (4 Part)?

19 fills to learn, played 48 times: bars 6, 7, 15, 18, 19, 21 and 42 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 157 BARS ANALYSED
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